The wind that matters in Essexville and east Bay City comes out of the northeast, off Saginaw Bay, and it carries whatever snow is loose on the ground. B&B Home Services plows residential drives against exactly that — clearing pavement, opening walks to the door, cutting back the ridge the county truck leaves across the apron. Half the job is the storm and half is the drift that forms an hour after it stops. Getting there early, before a driveway sets up hard under a second night of cold, is what keeps a morning from turning into a shovel and a sore back. A car backing out clean at seven is the whole point.